PattyMac DotComma
@pattymacdotcomma.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer based mid north coast NSW Oz. Same name on Twitter (until I’m not.) Social justice advocate. Book reviews on Goodreads
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Just finished and loved #TheHeartInWinter by #KevinBarry, a favourite Irish writer. What a rough and rowdy romp he sends a pair of Irish lovers on through America's freezing Wild West in the late 1800s. Thanks to #NetGalley for a copy for review. 💙📚 5⭐ My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
PattyMacDotComma's review of The Heart in Winter
5/5: 5★ “Easily she was thirty. She was fair, complexion delicate. A slight crook to the nose. Eyes of wren’s-egg blue and one inclined to say hello to the other but not unattractively.” This is a ro...
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December 12, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Just finished and loved #TheHeartInWinter by #KevinBarry, a favourite Irish writer. What a rough and rowdy romp he sends a pair of Irish lovers on through America's freezing Wild West in the late 1800s. Thanks to #NetGalley for a copy for review. 💙📚 5⭐ My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The news of the emergency leg amputation rescue from Tasmania's Franklin River reminded me of #DeathOfARiverGuide by Booker-winner #RichardFlanagan, who nearly drowned there in his youth. Great fiction (not memoir) that I reviewed here, with quotes. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
PattyMacDotComma's review of Death of a River Guide
5/5: 5★ “Why did I take the job? From my present point of view, the perspective of the drowning man, drowning in consequence of having taken the job, this question is not without importance.” Aljaz C...
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November 25, 2024 at 2:13 AM
The news of the emergency leg amputation rescue from Tasmania's Franklin River reminded me of #DeathOfARiverGuide by Booker-winner #RichardFlanagan, who nearly drowned there in his youth. Great fiction (not memoir) that I reviewed here, with quotes. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...